Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa is the national museum of New Zealand. It is commonly known as Te Papa and Our Place. “Te Papa Tongarewa” the full Maori language name of the museum translates to “the place of treasures of this land”.

Te Papa’s collections include the following:

The History Collection with a large collection of historic and contemporary items from New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.

The Fossils and Archaeozoology Collections consisting of a plants, birds, significant amphibians, reptiles and mammals.

The world’s largest specimen of the rare colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni).

The cultural collections include collections on photography, Māori taonga or cultural treasures and Pacific cultures.

Among the many historical, cultural and specimen objects in the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa the following are highlights: